Hell has frozen over..
Nope. Clinton is being true to form here by throwing others under the bus to protect his own doughy @ss.
The money quote: "Democrats for years have been 'resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.'"
I seriously doubt that Clinton tried very hard to do that; but it is unquestionably true that the Republicans have a significant track record of attempting to deal with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And the Democrats are very embarrassingly on record as having blocked those attempts.
Clinton knows that this is a real crisis. And he knows that most folks won't go back to check on whether or not he really urged action. He knows that, just by making the claim, he can ride the coat-tails of the Republicans to be on the right side of this issue.
Never forget: for Bill, it's all about Bill.